The Matron of Christmas :

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The Matron of Christmas Mary Mother of Jesus
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My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit
rejoices in God my Saviour (Luke 1 46)
Marys Song is known as the Magnificat after the
Latin Magnificat anima mea Dominum
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• A faith that takes risks for God (126 38)

• Risk of shame
• Risk of ridicule
• Risk her life

• 1.1) Is ours a risky
• faith or a comfortable faith?
• Do we fit ourselves into Gods plan or do we
  expect God to fit Himself into our lifes plans?
• What role are we playing for Gods Kingdom?

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• A wisdom that is anchored in the word of God
  (146-53)

Mary is so acquainted with Scripture that her
song literally borrows Hannahs Song (1 Sam
21-5) as her own.
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2.1 Do we have a dichotomized wisdom one for
church, another for our everyday life?
2.2 How often are our speech and thoughts
coloured by the words of Scripture?
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Roman Catholic Churchs Hail Mary (Ave Maria)
prayer
Hail Mary, full of grace.Our Lord is with
thee.Blessed art thou among women,and blessed
is the fruit of thy womb,Jesus.Holy Mary,
Mother of God,pray for us sinners,now and at
the hour of our death.
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The Issue of The Veneration of Mary

• 3 key doctrines
• Immaculate Conception
• Perpetual Virginity
• Bodily Assumption to Heaven

2) No scriptural teaching on above. None of the
church or pastoral epistles indicate any practice
of the veneration of Mary. Apostle Pauls single
reference to her was that Jesus was born of a
woman.
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The Issue of The Veneration of Mary

• Luke 146 declares Mary requires a savior and
  refutes the teaching of the immaculate conception
  that she is not conceived in sin.
• Luke 819-21 infers that Mary had other sons and
  refutes the teaching of her perpetual virginity.

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The Issue of The Veneration of Mary

• No scriptural record of evidence of her apparent
  bodily assumption to heaven.
• How does one differentiate the practice of
  veneration of Mary and worshipping her, which is
  idolatry.
• New Testament warns us against exalting Mary and
  others that will take attention away from Christ.
• Luke 819-21, Luke 1127-28, John 330

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3) A joy that is indebted on the words and
character of God and not on self gain.
3.1) Holy vs 49. Expressed by God
exalting the lowly and abasing the haughty.
Humility vs 50-52. Exemplified in the
advent and nativity. Hope vs 53. Extolled in
the promises to God fulfilled in the birth of
Messiah.
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BLESSED
One Man
With the Divine
In a Garden